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Paper mulberry is a deciduous tree with milky sap that grows to a maximum height of about 45 ft. (15 m.). The twigs of paper mulberry are hairy reddish brown, the bark is tan and smooth to moderately furrowed, the wood is soft and brittle, and it has conical buds.
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www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/brpa1.htm
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paper mulberry - shrubby Asiatic tree having bark (tapa) that resembles cloth; grown as a shade tree in Europe and America; male flowers are pendulous catkins and female are urn-shaped followed by small orange-red aggregate berries...
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www.thefreedictionary.com/paper+mulberry
www.thefreedictionary.com/paper+mulberry
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Actual mulberry bark from the saa tree indingenous to Thailand is fused to a light paper backing for rigidity. A wonderful and unique basis for some terrific cardmaking and art projects!PLEASE NOTE: Current Stock has STRAIGHT CUT edges.
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handmade-paper.us/page/CPO/PROD/08-04-01
handmade-paper.us/page/CPO/PROD/08-04-01
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Dark purple-red fruit of the tree Morus nigra, slightly sweet and acid, ... Fiber plants of the mulberry family include the paper mulberry .... The mature plant contains significant amounts of resveratrol, particularly in stem bark. ...
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www.answers.com/topic/mulberry
www.answers.com/topic/mulberry
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This is really bark paper made from mulberry bark made to sheet size 55 x 78 cm.... ... Tree Bark Handmade Paper ... Tree Bark Handmade Paper made from Cotton Fibers and Textile Waste, ideal for scrapbooking....
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www.alibaba.com/showroom/Bark_Paper.html
www.alibaba.com/showroom/Bark_Paper.html
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Cleaning boiled mulberry tree bark to make shoji paper in Japan ... Japanese sculptor Isamu Noguchi used "shoji" paper made by hand from boiled mulberry tree bark for his famous Akari lamps, now regarded as pure modernist sculpture (there's a permanent exhibition of them in the Museum of Modern Art in New York).
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journeytoforever.org/edu_silk_mulberry.html
journeytoforever.org/edu_silk_mulberry.html
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According to contemporary records of AD 105, "Under the reign of Emperor Hi-Ti, Ts'ai Lun of Lei-Yang conceived of the idea of making paper from the bark of trees....The paper was then used throughout the entire Universe." The tree was the paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera.
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www.bio.ilstu.edu/armstrong/syllabi/rpaper/paper.htm
www.bio.ilstu.edu/armstrong/syllabi/rpaper/paper.htm
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The first step was to cut and separate the inner and outer bark of wauke, the paper mulberry tree, favored for the task. The inner bark then soaked in water, to soften, purify, and bleach the fibers. Kapa should be as white as Hina's clouds.
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www.coffeetimes.com/kapa.htm
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The ancient practice of making bark cloth and bark paper likely began in Asia, where other species of Broussonetia are known; yet, in Polynesia, Broussonetia papyrifera reigns supreme. The quality of its cloth is prized and valuable, warm, ... As the wauke tree grew, ... There are two existing forms of paper mulberry. Wauke,
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www.canoeplants.com/wauke.html
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